Codie Bascue is exceeding his own expectations. Bascue, a 2012 graduate of Whitehall High School, continued what has been a brilliant season, claiming five medals, including one gold, in six North American Cup bobsled races held earlier this month in Calgary, Alberta. With that recent performance, Bascue has now collected 13 medals in 14 North […]

Codie Bascue is going to need his own security detail if he continues to collect gold at this rate all season. In eight North American Cup bobsled races, Bascue has dominated the field, collecting seven gold medals and one silver. Earlier this month he won three events at the second stop of the tour, held […]

Despite a strong showing in qualifying events, Whitehall’s Codie Bascue was not chosen as a member of the national bobsled team when selections were made by the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation last Thursday. Bascue finished third in both the two- and four-man qualifying races, falling just short of claiming a spot on the national […]

Village officials have closed the Boardman Street cemetery while they determine the extent to which they are liable for injuries caused by damaged or toppled headstones and monuments. Following last Tuesday’s board meeting, officials asked that the gates to the municipally owned cemetery be closed until their insurance provider assessed the risk to those visiting […]

Like many of his peers, Hampton resident and Whitehall High graduate Ryan Sweeney spent the summer after his college graduation preparing for and growing accustomed to life after school. However, Sweeney’s post-college plans are a little different than his peers. While they were applying to graduate school or getting their first taste of the professional […]

Codie Bascue took another step toward his dream of Olympic gold. Bascue, a senior at Whitehall High School, teamed with Jake Peterson of Princeton, Minn. to win a pair of gold medals at Winter Youth Olympic Games qualifying races held in Park City, Utah Nov. 9-10. Bascue and Peterson, both 17, competed in […]

Whitehall’s Codie Bascue is continuing to expand his horizons, as his bobsledding competitions take him all over North American and will soon have him traveling to Europe. According to his father, Craig, Bascue is ranked first among all international bobsledders who are under 20, 12th among the Juniors (under 26) and 40th in the world. […]

Codie Bascue is very familiar with the Mount Van Hoevenburg track. But over the past two weeks, he was nowhere near Lake Placid. Bascue had to learn a new track as part of his continuing development as an international-level bobsled driver, learning all about the twists and turns and speed of the Park City, Utah, […]